Mattia
Preti

Italia • 1613−1699

Biography and information

The artist of the Neapolitan school, he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Caracciolo Giovanni Battista(eng.)) and belonged to the school of karavadzhistov. Approximately at the age of 17, he moved to Rome, where he holds most of his career. In 1653 he moved to Naples, where he met with Luca Giordano also had a big influence on him.The final part of life (about 1660), the artist spent in Malta, which is probably due to the fact that he was ordained knights of Malta.